Canoeing trips

The rivers and the lakes in Salla offer wonderful canoeing opportunities for beginners and more seasoned canoeists alike. The beauty and tranquillity of the wilderness lakes is absolutely enchanting. Along the canoeing routes, you can find still waters, languidly running streams and foaming rapids. The most popular canoeing rivers in the Salla area include the rivers Oulanka, Naruska, Tenniö, and Aatsinki.

A canoeing trip with a experienced guide is a safe and easy way to learn the correct canoeing technique and to explore the surrounding nature. Guided canoeing trips are also suitable for beginners.

The blaze of Tuntsa

In 1960, God in his wisdom deemed it appropriate to burn down part of the forests of Tuntsa. I was asleep, when Fire Chief Yrjö Tervo came to rouse me by knocking on the window. He said that I needed to get up and go to Tuntsa to put out a fire. I had no choice but to go. I drove to Kota-Antti,...